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Weed ID

jonathan.colejonathan.cole Posts: 221
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PlantNet says this is some form of bitter cress, but I'd welcome any thoughts:



Leaves are small - 5 or 6 mm across or so.

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Yes it's a nightmare.
    A seed can germinate, flower and set seed itself all with 5 weeks, so they really multiply fast.
    Hoe them off if there's lots or dig/pull them up and try not to let them seed.
    I've got 000's 

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Cardamine hirsuta.
    Tiny but a complete pest.
    It can flower and set seed when miniscule.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    This is true - they even flower in my lawn, so the seed ends up in the compost and I end up with even more 🙄

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've seen them growing in a bucket of sand and a puddle of water. They're adaptable😒
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited March 2022
    Common name hairy bittercress.
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @jonathan.cole The only time this weed goes into any form of dormancy is when we have a drought.
    It is happy to keep growing through the winter.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • jonathan.colejonathan.cole Posts: 221
    Well it looks rather pretty and is apparently edible so I shall see what it tastes like and decide from there!

    Beats couch grass anyway which is the major pest currently.
  • jonathan.colejonathan.cole Posts: 221
    It tastes great, so we shall eat it and if we eat it all then that's weeding sorted and if not then more crop for later.
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Oh you’ll definitely get more. I go out daily at the minute and pick out loads of it. 

    I can smell it when it’s been raining!! 
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